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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 



We, the undersigned committee in regard to tlie President's address, 

 feel that the address, to have the full and best effect, should be published 

 in full in the report of this Congress. 



WILSON CORBY, Chairman, 

 ELLIS HOUSE, 

 I. N. COTTON, 



Committee. 



PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION. 



To amend section 2, of the constitution, to read: 



See. 2. This Congress shall be composed of one or more delegates 

 from each county in the State; one or more delegates from each congres- 

 sional district, and two delegates for the State at large; the district and 

 State at large delegates being the regular credentialed delegates to the 

 National Farmers' Congress; one delegate from the State Horticultural 

 Society; one delegate from the Department of State Forestry and one 

 delegate from the Prudue School of Agriculture. 



To amend section 8, by cutting out the last five words of the section, 

 to read: 



Sec. 8. The chairman of each County Farmers' Institute of the 

 State shall be the regular delegate to i-epresent his county. Each county 

 and supplementary institute is requested to select in open session one or 

 more "associate" delegates. Each county shalil be entitled to only one 

 vote, except the district vote. If any delegate is unable to attend, he 

 shall appoint his own alternate, w^ho shall have all the riglits and privi- 

 leges of the regular delegate. Any farmer in the State may be an asso- 

 ciate delegate, with all the privileges of the regular delegates. 



W. H. NEWSOM, Mover. 



J. G. PERRY, Second. 



To amend section 10, by changing the words "first Tuesday in Febru- 

 ary" to the words "second Tuesday in December," to read: 



Sec. 10. This Congress of Farmers shall assemble annually on the 

 second Tuesday in December, and in special sessions upon call of the 

 Executive Committee, and the Congress shall, in open session, determine 

 the place for holding the annual meeting. 



D. F. MAISH. Mover. 



A. P. BURNSIDE, Second. 



